Buffalo Sabres at Colorado Avalanche

Jan 20, 2016 · Pepsi Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	1	28
Colorado Avalanche	2	35

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
16:38	BUF	Evander Kane (10) PP	Jack Eichel (16), Ryan O'Reilly (23)	1 - 0
3rd Period
09:23	COL	Alex Tanguay (3)	Carl Soderberg (24), Francois Beauchemin (18)	1 - 1
19:28	COL	Francois Beauchemin (6)	Alex Tanguay (15)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
13:52	COL	Chris Bigras	Slashing	2
2nd Period
11:42	BUF	Josh Gorges	Interference	2
15:41	COL	Nick Holden	High sticking	2
3rd Period
04:51	BUF	Evander Kane	High sticking double minor	4

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	47	35	28	1	2.0	45.0
Colorado Avalanche	55	47	35	2	2.1	55.0

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Colorado Avalanche had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.0 expected, 1 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 2.1 expected, 2 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Buffalo Sabres

Colorado Avalanche

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson	11:30	55.0	67.6	0-0
Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart	6:45	66.7	75.2	0-0
Jamie McGinn · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane	5:41	12.5	28.4	0-1
David Legwand · Matt Moulson · Tim Schaller	3:27	50.0	82.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zach Bogosian · Rasmus Ristolainen	19:28	42.3	50.2	0-0
Josh Gorges · Mark Pysyk	15:08	66.7	56.2	0-0
Cody Franson · Mike Weber	10:36	44.4	32.4	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
91	Evander Kane	L	1	0	1	-2	4	5	3	22:05	0.28	12-18	0.39-0.65
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	17:21	0.01	12-15	0.21-0.63
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	-2	0	3	0	21:54	0.21	10-17	0.35-0.60
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	17:52	0.02	16-11	0.29-0.33
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16:22	0.03	8-12	0.10-0.29
11	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:42		8-11	0.10-0.23
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	19:15	0.29	12-13	0.43-0.31
13	Mark Pysyk	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	19:00	0.02	17-16	0.31-0.51
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11:43	0.27	15-5	0.29-0.13
17	David Legwand	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	10:57	0.35	2-8	0.13-0.32
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15:22	0.04	11-10	0.34-0.16
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	15:37	0.08	12-12	0.43-0.27
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	24:18		12-22	0.72-0.97
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	08:27	0.01	5-9	0.29-0.50
44	Phil Varone	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:55		7-7	0.14-0.15
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	28:17	0.12	11-17	0.71-0.78
59	Tim Schaller	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	08:32	0.02	2-1	0.13-0.02
88	Jamie McGinn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	15:38	0.21	8-16	0.23-0.76

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	L	35	33	2	59:43	2.06	+0.06

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Tanguay · Matt Duchene · Nathan MacKinnon	13:13	56.5	79.2	1-0
Blake Comeau · Carl Soderberg · Gabriel Landeskog	13:04	60.0	32.2	0-0
John Mitchell · Cody McLeod · Jack Skille	7:53	61.5	54.8	0-0
Jarome Iginla · Mikhail Grigorenko · Andreas Martinsen	4:04	33.3	40.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Francois Beauchemin · Nikita Zadorov	16:43	64.0	69.3	1-0
Nick Holden · Tyson Barrie	14:47	53.6	45.4	0-0
Zach Redmond · Chris Bigras	13:56	41.2	52.6	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
23	Francois Beauchemin	D	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	25:46	0.07	21-13	0.77-0.32
40	Alex Tanguay	L	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	18:58	0.47	21-12	1.03-0.28
34	Carl Soderberg	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	20:33	0.07	13-7	0.33-0.30
3	Chris Bigras	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	14:38		7-10	0.24-0.22
5	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	1	2	5	5	23:29	0.19	20-16	0.58-0.62
7	John Mitchell	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:03	0.02	9-12	0.29-0.29
8	Tyson Barrie	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20:26	0.04	16-14	0.55-0.59
9	Jack Skille	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	08:51	0.13	8-5	0.23-0.19
15	Blake Comeau	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	19:12	0.22	9-7	0.12-0.30
25	Mikhail Grigorenko	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	06:46	0.10	8-4	0.14-0.11
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	21:46	0.18	18-15	1.03-0.43
29	Andreas Martinsen	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	06:50		4-4	0.08-0.11
38	Zach Redmond	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:07		8-10	0.26-0.22
55	Cody McLeod	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	11:20	0.06	10-8	0.26-0.19
88	Jarome Iginla	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:59		8-7	0.15-0.34
91	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	19:17	0.03	16-9	0.64-0.28
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18:51	0.06	9-6	0.12-0.26
95	Matt Duchene	C	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	23:11	0.47	15-21	0.78-0.56

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Semyon Varlamov	W	28	27	1	60:00	1.92	+0.92